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Please suggest a Distro with support for broadcom Wifi cards as standard

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  • 30-08-2015 12:28am
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    kidneyfan
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    Hi All,

    Recently played around with Linux mint and ended up uninstalling it after a bit because getting my wifi card to work was an enormous pain in the nads. I am currently using puppy linux-which I like. But I would like to use the linux laptop for simple softtware development and puppy linux has its own issues there (apt-get doesn't work mainly). I like puppy but it pushes you almost back to a Windows type installation experience.

    Can anyone suggest a more 'Debiany' distro with support for B43 wireless cards as standard? I am pretty sure that puppy is using a driver called b43 by Rafael Milecki.


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    syklops
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    kidneyfan wrote: »
    Hi All,

    Recently played around with Linux mint and ended up uninstalling it after a bit because getting my wifi card to work was an enormous pain in the nads. I am currently using puppy linux-which I like. But I would like to use the linux laptop for simple softtware development and puppy linux has its own issues there (apt-get doesn't work mainly). I like puppy but it pushes you almost back to a Windows type installation experience.

    Can anyone suggest a more 'Debiany' distro with support for B43 wireless cards as standard? I am pretty sure that puppy is using a driver called b43 by Rafael Milecki.

    If apt-get doesnt work, then thats half your problem right there. You want a debiany distro, how about Debian?


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    PrzemoF
    Registered Users Posts: 1,931 ✭✭✭PrzemoF


    kidneyfan wrote: »
    Hi All,

    Recently played around with Linux mint and ended up uninstalling it after a bit because getting my wifi card to work was an enormous pain in the nads.[..]

    You were doing it wrong... Ask if you need help (identify hardware -> pick driver -> install driver -> works! [*])


    [*] Unless you have an odd one that is not supported! 8-)


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    Khannie
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    I also had pain recently with a B43 card and mint, though ubuntu 12.04 LTS worked out of the box.


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    syklops
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    How to install b43 on Fedora

    I've used thisin the past to get the B43 working.


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    AnCatDubh
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    Some stuff here that may be useful for you.


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    kidneyfan
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    Many thanks guys. I will report back.


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    syklops
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    kidneyfan wrote: »
    Many thanks guys. I will report back.

    Hopefully you will report back, via Linux - wirelessly.


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    200motels
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    Manjaro Linux usually picks up the wireless card, I installed it today on a 13 year old laptop for a friend and the wireless card is the same as above. I have to say Manjaro is excellent, I think it's based on Arch Linux if I'm not mistaken.


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    PropJoe10
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    200motels wrote: »
    Manjaro Linux usually picks up the wireless card, I installed it today on a 13 year old laptop for a friend and the wireless card is the same as above. I have to say Manjaro is excellent, I think it's based on Arch Linux if I'm not mistaken.

    It is indeed. Its based on Arch, but they seem to have their own update cycle - they push out update packs about once a week, compared to Arch which updates all the time. Its a very stable and nice distro to use. Highly recommended.


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    rubadub
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    200motels wrote: »
    Manjaro Linux usually picks up the wireless card, I installed it today on a 13 year old laptop for a friend and the wireless card is the same as above.
    What laptop was this?

    And excuse my ignorance but can this be ran from a USB key to test it first? I know previous ones I tried could be ran without installing to the HD, not sure if this is standard..

    But I was also wondering if this would be equivalent to a full install.

    i.e. if I stick the USB key in and run it and wireless does not work straight away is it definitely not going to work right away if it was fully installed on the HD too?


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